Worksheets3 Branches of Government Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which argument would a Federalist make to support ratification of the Constitution?
The Constitution will enable states to nullify laws that are harmful to citizens.
A strong federal government will be more stable than a loose confederation of states.
A republican system of government will better represent large states.
The Constitution will allow states to establish banks to stabilize the national economy.
Why were southern delegates to the Constitutional Convention willing to accept the Three-Fifths Compromise?
It increased the political influence of the South
It allowed indentured servants in the South to become citizens
It decreased the federal tax on property in the South
It allowed the South to expand its industrial output.
The Constitutional Convention united the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan with which of the following?
Direct democracy
Missouri Compromise
Checks and balances
Great Compromise
Speaker 1: A strong central government will provide order and stability. Speaker 2: We have just left the control of one tyrant; let us avoid an American tyrant. Speaker 3: The strength of our union lies in the independence of our states. Speaker 4: We were led into a war by a minority who desired independence.
Which speaker is in favor of ratifying the Constitution?
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 4
Which group believed the Bill of Rights was unnecessary?
Anti-Federalists
Federalists
Loyalists
Patriots
“The President….shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur.”—U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2. This excerpt provides one example of which constitutional principle?
Federalism
Checks and balances
Popular sovereignty
Individual Rights
Which phrase best represents the U.S. principle of republicanism?
The creation of a Congress to carry out the will of the people
The establishment of courts to interpret laws and government actions
The division of power between a federal government and state governments
The power of a court to declare a law unconstitutional
That instrument [the Constitution] meant that its co-ordinate branches should be checks on each other. But the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional, and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action, but for the legislature & executive also in their spheres, would make the judiciary a despotic branch. —Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, September 11, 1804
This shows that Jefferson disagreed with the principle OF:
impeachment
judicial review
presidential vetos
George Mason refused to sign the Constitution and opposed its ratification because he believed that it—
Did not adequately protect individuals from potential government abuses
Did not give the executive branch enough power to oversee the military
Prevented the legislative branch from effectively governing the states
Prevented the judicial branch from using judicial review to overturn acts of the legislature
The Great Compromise addressed disagreements over federal representation by —
establishing three branches of government
enumerating the powers of the central government
creating a bicameral legislature
giving veto power to the executive
